

81 minutes
7/31/1956
A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off into a nearby noodle shop, where he gets a job delivering noodles. Tsutue charms and runs off with one of her clients. Yoshigi, ignoring the attentions of a sweet co-worker, pursues Tsutue.

Michiyo Aratama
as Tsutae

Yukiko Todoroki
as Otoku

Seizaburō Kawazu
as Mr. Ochiai

Tatsuya Mihashi
as Yoshiji

Izumi Ashikawa
as Tamako
Shinsuke Maki
as Nobuo
Noriko Katsura
as Woman Applying for Housemaid

Fudeko Tanaka
as Prostitute of a Certain Age

Kenjiro Uemura
as Denshichi

Kyōzō Fuyuki
as Soba Shop Owner

Shoichi Ozawa
as Sankichi

Zenji Yamada
as Man Looks Like Carpenter

Akiko Kikuno
Keiko Sumida
as Denshichi's Woman
Asako Tsuda
as Hatsue
Ikunosuke Koizumi
as Sushi Shop Owner
Koichiro Sakai
as Policeman #1
Minoru Sato
as Policeman #2

Yoshirō Katō
as Radio Shop Clerk
Tsuchiyasu Kinohara
as Boat Man

Tomio Aoki
as Ice Man
Kazuko Tani
as Singer
Masami Miyaji
as Sushi Shop Girl
Aomi Shiba
as Landlady's Neighbour
Toshiko Suzuki
as Prostitute #1

Reiko Kuba
as Prostitute #2
Midori Mori
as Prostitute #3
Atsuko Katô
as Bus Conductor
Hisao Murata
as Worker #1
Isao Yoshida
as Worker #2
Tomi Tsubaki
as Worker #3
Shinkichi Ube
as Tattoed Man
Setsuko Suzukawa
as Companion Lady
Tôru Hiranuma
as Kazuo
Kaoru Matsumoto
as Toshio